Nkk Corporation

Toshi Masaoka

Takashi Mori

Mikio Suzuki

Kazutaka Okimoto

Toshio Teshima

Tooru Kitagawa

An immersion nozzle for continuous casting of molten steel comprises: an immersion nozzle body having a bore for introducing molten steel supplied from a tundish into a continuous casting mold; two exit ports located symmetrically about the vertical center axis of the immersion nozzle body at a lower portion of the immersion nozzle body for introducing the molten steel into the continuous casting mold; gas blow-in inlets in an inwall of the immersion nozzle body, the center axis line of the blow-in inlets crossing, at right angle, a vertical plane passing through a line connecting the respective centers of the exit ports; and gas blow conduits, each being connected respectively to one of the gas blow-in inlets. The gas blow-in inlets have a height almost equal to a vertical length across the exit ports, the top of the gas blow-in inlets being from 0 to 100 mm above the upper end of the exit ports.

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Tokyo, Japan

Toshi Masaoka